Design of an ultralight and compact projection lens

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-107

  Hua, Hong ^a,b   Ha, Yonggang ^b   Rolland, Jannick P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LENSES; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

ASPHERICS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; VISUALIZATION;

PLASTIC COMPONENTS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 0037208238     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000097     Document Type: Article

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